VANCOUVER ISLAND REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL CENTRE (SAANICH)

VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Correctional services are operated by both the federal and provincial governments. Offenders who receive sentences of less than two years or who receive community sentences such as fines, community service work or probation are under provincial jurisdiction. Offenders who receive prison sentences of two years or more are the responsibility of the federal government. Young offender services, including pre-trial supervision, community and custody sentences and Extrajudicial Sanctions Programs, are the responsibility of the provincial government.

Call2Talk is the most efficient and cheapest method to receive calls from Provincial prisons such as Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Saanich). Whenever a Vancouver Island inmate calls local number, they are charged $0.075 per minute from their collect Calling Call2Talk account. The same inmate call that would have cost upwards of $5.00 now just costs you $1.13 for 15 minutes.

We will provide you with a local telephone number for collect calls, near the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, for your inmate to call as if it were your original home, work or mobile number. When the inmate calls the local Collect Call number that we issue, we will route the call to your current or any other telephone number without alteration to your existing line. Only two things change in the way you will receive prison telephone calls from Vancouver Island (Saanich); the telephone number your inmate dials and the new lower cost of prison calling.

With Call2Talk, inmates in Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Saanich) will save more than 80% on their prison telephone calls. **Local rate centre is Victoria**